Name that hymn

[Cynic]

I don't recall ever hearing that hymn, though I see it's in the Trinity Hymnal.

Nice music the hymn is set to:

http://cyberhymnal.org/htm/o/t/othatiha.htm

Looking forward to the next one.

Edited October 1, 2008 by Cynic

[Thomas Loy Bumgarner]

Cynic, Wesley's hymn "O for a thousand tongues to sing" was based on translation brother John had made of this Lutheran Germanic Chorale. busy today and tommorrow. On Friday will post a more familar hymn.

[Thomas Loy Bumgarner]

next tune is "Ein Feste Burg is Unser Gott". Translation is by Thomas Carlyle. "God's Word , for all their craft and force, one moment will not linger. But spite of hell shall have its course, tis written by His finger. And thou they take our life, goods, fame, children, wife. their profit is small; these things shall vanish all, the city of God remaineth." Alternate translation is by Carl Flentege Schalck and Samuel Francis Janzow(LBW, L-W, LSB, ELW). The more familar translation is by Frederick Hedge.

[GeorgeStGeorge]

"A Mighty Fortress Is Our God"?

George

[Thomas Loy Bumgarner]

Correct. You are up next.

[GeorgeStGeorge]

This should be easy for you hymn savants:

Let highborn seraphs tune the lyre, and as they tune it, fall

Before His face Who tunes their choir, and crown Him Lord of all.

Before His face Who tunes their choir, and crown Him Lord of all.

George

[Cynic]

This should be easy for you hymn savants:

Let highborn seraphs tune the lyre, and as they tune it, fall

Before His face Who tunes their choir, and crown Him Lord of all.

Before His face Who tunes their choir, and crown Him Lord of all.

George

"All Hail the Power of Jesus Name"?

Thomas is the hymn savant, not I.

[Thomas Loy Bumgarner]

George, except for the crown him Lord of all phrase, the rest is not normally found in most hymnals. Tunes include Coronation, Miles Lane, and Diadem.

[GeorgeStGeorge]

I found these words online. I didn't pick the most common verse.

Anyway, Cynic is correct.

George

[GeorgeStGeorge]

By the way, Cynic, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

George

[Thomas Loy Bumgarner]

Cynic, you are up next.

[Cynic]

This hymn was written by Margaret Clarkson. I am leaving out the first line of each stanza, which is the same for all stanzas. Cyberhymnal.org gives Aurelia as the primary tune, but in a Baptist church I used to attend, it was sung to another -- possibly St. Theodulph, which Cyberhymnal.org gives as alternate music.

The hymn seems strongly Augustinian/Reformed/Calvinistic in content. From what I have found on the internet, it also seems that Margaret Clarkson, who was born in 1915 in Canada, is still living.

http://cyberhymnal.org/mid/a/u/r/aurelia.mid

http://cyberhymnal.org/mid/s/t/t/st_theodulph.mid

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In all the worlds You made;

Your mighty Word was spoken,

And light and life obeyed.

Your voice commands the seasons

And bounds the ocean’s shore,

Sets stars within their courses

And stills the tempests’ roar.

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In all affairs of man;

No powers of death or darkness

Can thwart Your perfect plan.

All chance and change transcending,

Supreme in time and space,

You hold your trusting children

Secure in Your embrace.

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The Lord of human pain,

Transmuting earthly sorrows

To gold of heavenly gain,

All evil overruling,

As none but Conqueror could,

Your love pursues its purpose—

Our souls’ eternal good.

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We see You dimly now,

But soon before Your triumph

Earth’s every knee shall bow.

With this glad hope before us

Our faith springs forth anew:

Our Sovereign Lord and Savior,

We trust and worship You!

*****

BTW,

Thanks, George.

Edited October 8, 2008 by Cynic

[Thomas Loy Bumgarner]

She is a member of The Hymn Society of the United States of America and Canada. Will check out the Canadian hymnals Hymnbook of Common Praise(Anglican Church of Canada) and Voices United(United Church of Canada; part Methodist, Presbyterian, and Congregationalist). Back in touch by Sunday.

[Twinky]

Can I play, can I play?? I just found this thread.

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Christ is thy Strength, and Christ thy Right;

Lay hold on life, and it shall be

Thy joy and crown eternally.

Run the straight race through God’s good grace,

Lift up thine eyes, and seek His face;

Life with its way before us lies,

Christ is the Path, and Christ the Prize.

Cast care aside, upon thy Guide,

Lean, and His mercy will provide;

Lean, and the trusting soul shall prove

Christ is its Life, and Christ its Love.

Faint not nor fear, His arms are near,

He changeth not, and thou art dear.

Only believe, and thou shalt see

That Christ is all in all to thee.

In view of the athletic urging to "run the straight race" this could have been a good TWI song but it never appeared in SATW, perhaps because it is Christ-centred.

[Twinky]

Oh, and the previous hymn was, "O Father, you are Sovereign"

But the tune also carries the words of "The Church's One Foundation" which is a really good old Wesley hymn.

Edited October 10, 2008 by Twinky

[Thomas Loy Bumgarner]

Twinky welcome!. You get to choose the next hymn. You may give middle stanzas, tune names, metrical indexes, author's name, composer's name but not the title as clues. Any hymnal and it's companion/commentary or Cyber Hymnal can be the reference/resource.

[Thomas Loy Bumgarner]

Oops, Twinky. Noticed that you had posted a hymn. Any additional clues like author, compser, or name of the tune(melody/music)?

[Twinky]

Words: John S. B. Monsell, Hymns of Love and Praise for the Church’s Year, 1863. This hymn was sung in the Acad­e­my Award win­ning mo­vie, Char­i­ots of Fire (1981).

Music: Pen­te­cost, Will­iam Boyd, 1864 (MI­DI, score); first pub­lished in Thir­ty-two Hymn Tunes Com­posed by Mem­bers of the Un­i­ver­si­ty of Ox­ford, 1868:

Al­ter­nate tunes:

Duke Street, at­trib­ut­ed to John Hat­ton, 1793 (MI­DI, score)

Shepton-Beauchamp, Eng­lish tra­di­tion­al mel­o­dy (MI­DI, score)

I only know this to the tune "Duke Street"

[Thomas Loy Bumgarner]

Fight the Good Fight ? LBW used Grace Church,Gananoque by Graham George from Canada. Will post the next one tommorrow/Sunday.

Edited October 12, 2008 by Thomas Loy Bumgarner

[Twinky]

Fight the Good Fight ? LBW used Grace Church,Gananoque by Graham George from Canada. Will post the next one tommorrow/Sunday.

You got it, Tom.

[Thomas Loy Bumgarner]

Next hymn is by Harry Fosdick, tune by John Hughes(Cwm Rhondda). Cure your children's warring madness bend our pride to your control; shame our wanton selfish gladness, rich in things and poor in soul, -------,lest we miss your kingdom's goal.

Edited October 12, 2008 by Thomas Loy Bumgarner

[Cynic]

I don’t recognize it, but it's unlikely I have sung or heard anything written by Harry Emerson Fosdick.

[Thomas Loy Bumgarner]

The stanza I posted was #3. #2. Lo! The hosts of evil surround us scorn the Christ, assail his ways! From the fears that long have bound us free our heatrs to faith and praise.(omit these 6 words in all 4 stanzas)For the living of these days.

[Thomas Loy Bumgarner]

stanza #4. Save us from weak resignation to the evils we deplore; Let the gift of your salvation Be our glory evermore......Serving you whom we adore." Will give until Thursday, Cynic, George, and Twinky a chance to guess this hymn. Metric index is 8787877(syllables per line).

[GeorgeStGeorge]

"Joyful, Joyful, We adore Thee"? (At least it fits the meter.)

George